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<blockquote data-quote="HoLeChit" data-source="post: 4135480" data-attributes="member: 35036"><p>[USER=9011]@Big House[/USER] I did some time in oil, and at 35 I'm doing a career transition from being a heavy equipment/crane/frac mechanic to cybersecurity. There is definitely jobs out there that will pay better/as good as you make now. But career switches suck, I'm sure it will be worth it eventually, but it sure doesn't feel like it right now. I spend a lot of time wishing I could still be working in the oil business.</p><p></p><p>A few things I noticed from my time that I try to tell everyone:</p><p></p><p>1: Take your time off. Get that vacation time in. Its better for you than you think. I feel like the oilfield is full of guys who wanna brag about how many years it has been since they've taken a vacation. Its not a good thing.</p><p></p><p>2: re-evaluate your finances. I found that my best year chasing frac crews around I made about $150k gross. I live well within my means, and I can't account for $40k of that years net income, and that's outside of money I spent of fun... If I were smarter about my finances when I was doing that work, I would be a lot better off financially. In terms of burn out, I would have been more willing to take more time off, work less hours (lol not possible in what I was doing), and had a little more motivation to keep going, as I would have just watched my savings grow.</p><p></p><p>3: I'm assuming you do these things already, so if you are, I'll pull out my trump card: I feel like nowadays too many men don't have hobbies. Yeah, we'll buy toys or shoot guns. But when was the last time you were in a hurry to get into your truck after work to go do something you love? Too many men get caught up with providing that they feel guilty if they go enjoy themselves. I know that I was like that, as are many of my friends.</p><p></p><p>I remember at one point I was miserable, long time girlfriend left me a month or two before I was planning on proposing, my crew was having a horrible time on the wells we were fracing, and everything was breaking. I was working myself to death and when I wasn't working, I wanted to crawl into a hole and die. But I found that there were some really awesome fishing spots nearby, that I could sit and catch rainbow trout, watch moose, and admire the backside of the rocky mountains. Every day that I could, I would get off of my 14-15 hour shift, and hurry to go spend my hour or two fishing in those spots, rather than going back to the hotel to sleep, workout or meal prep. I would fish for an hour or two, cook food on the tailgate of my truck, and then go back to the hotel to crash and repeat. Having that short-term goal/daily escape to look forward to made life bearable.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>I guess the moral to my story is take care of yourself, and keep your eyes fixed on a short term (say, going fishing after work, or that gun you wanna buy), as well as long term prize (kids in college, comfortable retirement, etc). That's my personal plan for fighting burnout.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="HoLeChit, post: 4135480, member: 35036"] [USER=9011]@Big House[/USER] I did some time in oil, and at 35 I'm doing a career transition from being a heavy equipment/crane/frac mechanic to cybersecurity. There is definitely jobs out there that will pay better/as good as you make now. But career switches suck, I'm sure it will be worth it eventually, but it sure doesn't feel like it right now. I spend a lot of time wishing I could still be working in the oil business. A few things I noticed from my time that I try to tell everyone: 1: Take your time off. Get that vacation time in. Its better for you than you think. I feel like the oilfield is full of guys who wanna brag about how many years it has been since they've taken a vacation. Its not a good thing. 2: re-evaluate your finances. I found that my best year chasing frac crews around I made about $150k gross. I live well within my means, and I can't account for $40k of that years net income, and that's outside of money I spent of fun... If I were smarter about my finances when I was doing that work, I would be a lot better off financially. In terms of burn out, I would have been more willing to take more time off, work less hours (lol not possible in what I was doing), and had a little more motivation to keep going, as I would have just watched my savings grow. 3: I'm assuming you do these things already, so if you are, I'll pull out my trump card: I feel like nowadays too many men don't have hobbies. Yeah, we'll buy toys or shoot guns. But when was the last time you were in a hurry to get into your truck after work to go do something you love? Too many men get caught up with providing that they feel guilty if they go enjoy themselves. I know that I was like that, as are many of my friends. I remember at one point I was miserable, long time girlfriend left me a month or two before I was planning on proposing, my crew was having a horrible time on the wells we were fracing, and everything was breaking. I was working myself to death and when I wasn't working, I wanted to crawl into a hole and die. But I found that there were some really awesome fishing spots nearby, that I could sit and catch rainbow trout, watch moose, and admire the backside of the rocky mountains. Every day that I could, I would get off of my 14-15 hour shift, and hurry to go spend my hour or two fishing in those spots, rather than going back to the hotel to sleep, workout or meal prep. I would fish for an hour or two, cook food on the tailgate of my truck, and then go back to the hotel to crash and repeat. Having that short-term goal/daily escape to look forward to made life bearable. I guess the moral to my story is take care of yourself, and keep your eyes fixed on a short term (say, going fishing after work, or that gun you wanna buy), as well as long term prize (kids in college, comfortable retirement, etc). That's my personal plan for fighting burnout. [/QUOTE]
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